Mountain Air (Nepal)

Mountain Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
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Founded2000[1]
Ceased operationsNovember 2002[2]
AOC #026/98[3]
Fleet size2 (before repossession in November 2002)[1]
DestinationsNepal cities including:[1]
 • Bhairawa
 • Biratnagar
 • Nepalgunj
 • Pokhara
HeadquartersKathmandu, Nepal
Mountain Air Beechcraft 1900C at Tribhuvan International Airport in 2002.

Mountain Air was an airline based in Nepal. Its aircraft were re-possessed in 2002.

History

Mountain Air was established in April 2000.[1] In November 2002 the Raytheon took back possession of two aircraft from Mountain Air because the airline defaulted on the aircraft-leasing arrangements.[2]

Destinations

Gorkha Airlines regularly served the following destinations, which were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:[1]

City Airport Notes Refs
Bhairahawa Gautam Buddha Airport
Biratnagar Biratnagar Airport
Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport Hub
Nepalgunj Nepalgunj Airport
Pokhara Pokhara Airport

Mountain Air also operated scheduled mountain sightseeing flights from Kathmandu to Mount Everest range. The flights usually departed in the early morning hours and return to the airport one hour later.[4]

Fleet

At the time of closure, Mountain Air operated the following aircraft:

Gorkha Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In fleet Notes
Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliners 2 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Trekking in Nepal-Base Camp Adventure"[permanent dead link‍]. Base Camp Adventure- Trekking Company.
  2. ^ a b Timilsina, Satyendra (21 April 2003). "Raytheon Aircraft Co May Take Back Necon's Aeroplane" Archived 2006-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. The Kathmandu Post (via nepalnews.com). Retrieved 18 January 2011.
    "The Raytheon Company last November had taken a similar decision and flown Mountain Air-owned Beech aircraft back."
  3. ^ "Civil Aviation Report 2010" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Instant Everest". Nepali Times. 3 November 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2019.